Spine wrecking thriller. Never could I put my popcorn down.

A complete and comprehensive review on my lists this year!

Susan Fletcher was the head of NSA's Cryptography Division while Becker was a university professor who helped government agencies with translation other than his full time job.

NSA built a new code decipher TRANSLTR worth $2 billion but kept it as a secret. They recieved a code which was indecipherable even by TRANSLTR. The code was sent in by Ensei Tankado who was an ex-employee of NSA. He was thrown out of the organization because he always broke rules.

Ensei believed in human rights of communication which TRANSLTR was violating as it could decipher any code. The program he wrote created an unbreakable code - the ultimate counterintelligence weapon.

Ensei was found dead in Spain hence Becker was sent to Spain to get the copy of the pass-key, which was encrypted on his ring. He gave away the ring to a stranger before dying. To make things more complicated even tricked NSA by letting them snoop his emails, which led to a fake partner and a file.

Strathmore, Susan's boss sent that file to the TRANSLTR to decipher. Strathmore's vision was a world encryption standard with a back door for the NSA, so that he could keep an eye of all sorts of communication happening around the world.

Due to extensive heat TRANSLTR blew itself, killing Strathmore. TRANSLTR was linked with a database hence it was important to save it. At last, they found Ensei's clue in his video and saved the database from hackers.

USA's obsession with keeping an eye on all sorts of communication in quite evident in this book, the reality of which not many know. US might blame other countries for keeping a track on humans and their data, but whether they want to admit it not, they do the exact same thing.

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My book group chose this book and I will never forgive them.

I’ve never read anything by Dan Brown. He doesn’t write my type of fiction, so while I was aware that he’s a huge success, I never bothered to pick any of his books up because I knew I wouldn’t be interested.

What I didn’t know is how much of a shit writer he is.

I’m sure he cries into a giant pile of money every single time someone tells him that.



Digital Fortress is about the government and secrecy. Susan Fletcher works for a super top secret government agency called NSA that cracks codes to read emails and save the world. How do I remember that her name is Susan Fletcher? Susan Fletcher is referred to as Susan Fletcher on every page that Susan Fletcher appears on. Apparently Brown is worried that people won’t remember that Susan Fletcher is one of the main character is his book Digital Fortress by Dan Brown.

Susan Fletcher is the best code breaker NSA has. Susan Fletcher is also beautiful and perfect and everyone loves her and wants to do her. Susan Fletcher has a brilliant mind. Susan Fletcher is also very attractive. Susan Fletcher is also smart. People look at Susan Fletcher and think to themselves “How does an IQ of 170 fit into a body that attractive? I am going to think more of these thoughts so that the reader of Dan Brown’s Digital Fortress will know what Susan Fletcher looks like in the book Digital Fortress by Dan Brown.”

Your first drinking game is to take a shot every time someone chuckles.

Your next drinking game is to empty a Red Solo Cup every time someone’s eyes are described as strong hazel, deep green, inky black, sable, gray, or any other color that barely exists in real life. Yes, people do have these eyes, and apparently they all live in Dan Brown’s world. Dan Brown wrote the book Digital Fortress.

If you do not drink and are into health, do push ups or squats or something instead of pounding booze. Either way, we’re all going to crumple to the floor and throw up.

When Susan Fletcher is called in to work on a Saturday by Commander Strathmore, head of NSA, Susan Fletcher knows that something must be very wrong. Susan Fletcher was supposed to be on a vacation with her finance David Becker. David Becker is beautiful and smart. David Becker plays squash and no one minds when David Becker puts his entire head into the water fountain to wash away the sweat. David Becker is that amazing.

Turns out that the Commander has sent David Becker, Susan Fletcher’s finance, to Spain, even though David Becker does not work for NSA. Susan Fletcher thinks thoughts to tell the reader how important NSA is.


Seriously, how is this guy a big name writer? I just don’t get it.
Dan Brown, the author of Digital Fortress, does not have time for important things like “Show, don’t tell.” when it comes to writing his books. Dan Brown wants to get to the important things like telling the reader how intelligent and beautiful Susan Fletcher and David Becker are. Susan Fletcher and David Becker are engaged. Susan Fletcher and David Becker have been engaged for six months. Susan Fletcher tells David Becker this when she says “You do remember we’re engaged, don’t you?” which is exactly what people in real life would say if they wanted to let you know that they were engaged.

Susan Fetcher stays underground in the NSA bunker trying to figure out what is wrong with their giant, enormous, massive, expensive, costly, top secret, classified translator project. The computer is used to cull through email and crack codes and save the entire planet. It has done so successfully. But now it has found a code that it cannot crack and Susan Fletcher has to use her beautiful body and intelligent mind to solve the problem.

Meanwhile, in Spain, David Becker is on a crazy journey of his own. He has to find a ring because it somehow has something to do with this code. He is able to follow thin clues to track the ring from person to person. Apparently David Becker, with no training (because if he had training, someone in the book Digital Fortress by Dan Brown, would have told us about it) becomes the world’s most brilliant detective. Oh, and also David Becker is given stupid coincidences that tell him where to go next. David Becker is smart and is able to use these giant arrows to find the next person to talk to.

Of course everything turns out to be suspicious and there’s lots of traitors and threats from every side. One thing I did like about the book Digital Fortress, written by Dan Brown, is that there were parts where I honestly didn’t know who the bad guy was. Luckily Dan Brown quickly tells information to make me pay attention to a specific character in his book Digital Fortress and I, the reader, can get back to the important part which is remembering that Susan Fletcher and David Becker are engaged and they are both very intelligent and very beautiful.

The crazy ending was kind of fun because everyone was in the same place sort of screaming and trying to solve the problem before the entire government was shut down, but other than that… What the fuck, America? This is one of our top selling authors?

In conclusion, I did not like the book Digital Fortress by Dan Brown. Not only do I not care for this type of story, I could not get past the writing. How does this happen?

I don’t care if this makes me sound like a book snob, but seriously, this is who we’ve chosen as one of our Must Read Authors? For fuck’s sake.

My book group meets tomorrow and I’m bringing a giant list of discussion questions. Apparently they all hated the book too, including the two people who suggested it for this month. Way to make the rest of us pay for your mistakes.

Dan Brown has made his mark in the world of fiction by combining complex mental puzzles with action-filled adventure and romance. His thriller, "Digital Fortress" has all of these elements, and it is an exhilarating novel that raises timely and thought-provoking questions.

A covert agency, known as NSA (jokingly, "No Such Agency"), has a multi-billion dollar secret device known as TRANSLTR that can decrypt any code. It is used to eavesdrop on encrypted email communications worldwide; the data that it gathers prevents terrorists from carrying out planned attacks. However, if civilians were to find out that Uncle Sam is eavesdropping on them, they might not be too pleased. Ensei Tankado, a cryptographer who was dismissed by the NSA, hates everything that TRANSTR stands for. He believes that the government has gone too far in invading people's privacy.

Tankado claims to have created an unbreakable algorithm, known as "digital fortress," that even TRANSLTR cannot decipher. He threatens to release his algorithm unless the NSA publicly admits that it illegally gathers private information. If the general public were to learn Tankado's code, the government would lose its ability to read encrypted emails. Tankado's scheme goes awry, and what might have been merely a nuisance threatens to turn into a disaster.

Brown makes the most of his subject. His descriptions of how cryptographers work and think are terrific, and I was fascinated by the mind-bending ciphers at the end of the novel. The protagonists, Susan Fletcher and David Becker, are nicely drawn, although a tad too superhuman. Susan is a brilliant cryptographer who works for the NSA, and David is an expert in linguistics. They both play a major role in trying to save the United States from an intelligence meltdown.

"Digital Fortress" does have some weak points, including Brown's inability to write realistic romantic dialogue. However, when Brown sticks to sadistic assassins, wild chase scenes, and unlikely heroics, the story moves along at a breakneck pace. In addition, the author has some significant things to say about the conflict between an individual's right to privacy and the government's mission to do whatever it takes to safeguard its citizenry.

عندما أقارن الحصن الرقمي مع أولى قراءاتي لدان براون و هي شفرة دافنشي، أستغرب كثيرا..

شفرة دافنشي كانت مميزة بينما هنا تشعر بأنك أمام سيناريو بسيط و مطول لأي فيلم تجاري.

Digital Fortress is a mysterious, intriguing book by Dan Brown. Dan Brown is a widely known author, who has written The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons. This book is about a woman named Susan Fletcher, who works for the National Security Agency (NSA). After five years of work, the NSA invented the TRANSLTR, which could break any code known to man. TRANSLTR is faced with a code that it cannot break, and when the NSA calls it head cryptographer, Susan Fletcher, she uncovers that the NSA is being held hostage by a code that could cripple the U.S. intelligence. Fletcher has to find out how to break the code, while her fiancé, David Becker, is in Seville, Spain to find the man who created this code and get the pass key to break the code.
tDigital Fortress was one of the most fascinating novels I have read. This book had three or four different stories going on at the same time, which alternate by chapter. As you finish each chapter, the reader is always “hungry for more.” All the stories come together at the end, so you are not completely satisfied until the book is finished. Mystery books are without doubt my favorite books, but I love mystery with some kind of twist. Near the end when Fletcher is trying to break the code, Brown adds in a little science and history. He includes the isotopes of the element uranium and the system of codes that Julius Caesar used.
tYet there were a few things I thought about this book that could have been improved. Having four different stories going on and then combining them at the end is a great idea, but with the fine details Dan Brown puts into each sentence it can hard to understand everything. The other thing that was a little upsetting was the end. Finding the password that would kill the virus took a series of complicated steps, but the password ended up being the number 3. I would’ve liked to see something a little more complex.
tEven though Digital Fortress had some bad points, it was an exciting novel that I enjoyed. Any reader who loves mysteries would love this book. Alone this book is enjoyable, but the science and the history that are mixed into the plot makes this book a techno-thriller. Even if you are not a mystery fan, it is guaranteed that this book would be fascinating to read.

The book did not meet my expectations. The start was good but it lost the momentum latter. Dan Brown is one of the "Must Read" author and I was kinda excited to read this one and other Dan Brown books too. Well this book changed my mind. I would also count this one in 18+ books. Personally I'd not recommend this book. Read at your own risk!

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‎الرواية الأولى للكاتب، ارتبط اسم المؤلف باسم البطل دائمًا روبرت لانغدون لكن البداية لم تكن مع هذا البروفسور،الرواية رقم 3 التي اقرؤها لدان، لايزال مفعول دهشة مستمر، استطاع الكاتب الانتقال وتنوع الأسلوب، من أسلوب التاريخي في شيفرة دافنشي إلى الصراع الديني ـ العلمي في ملائكة والشياطين، إلى أسلوبه الأول في مواكبة التطور المعلوماتي في عصر الاتصالات والانترنت و الشبكات الحاسوبية التي تهدد بطريقة مرعبة اختراق الخصوصيات، وانهيار سد الخصوصية بين الأفراد، ليظهر تناقض الشارع من جهة والقائمين على هذه الصناعة العلمية من جهة اخرى في مدى إماكنية التحكم في مثل هذا الإنفجار‫..

Dan Brown CAN actually write. Angels and Demons was inventive, well-paced and exciting. The DaVinci Code was really just Angels and Demons repackaged, but it was still a good summer read.

This book, however, is complete crap. I have read it so you don't have to. Avoid at all costs.

كالعادة يبهرني دان براون بأسلوبه و حبكته للأحداث المشوقة

Liekas, ka Brauns nav "mans rakstnieks" - šī gan ir tikai otrā viņa lasītā grāmta, bet tā mani nepārliecināja par pretējo. Par tehnoloģisko grāmatas pusi neesmu kompetneta spriest, bet likās gana saprotami izstāstīta tādam datoru dudukam kā man. Bet man ir svarīgi grāmtās just līdzi to varoņiem, be tie bija tik plakani un neinteresanti (kā jau "bojeviku" galvenie varoņi mēdz būt), ka nebija īsti kam.

Ormai l'ho letto qualche anno fa però posso dirvi che a distanza di tempo è quello che oltre Il codice Da Vinci mi è piaciuto di più, tant'è che lo lessi in una giornata unica :D